High-tech and low-tech orthopaedic surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa
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High-tech and low-tech orthopaedic surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Zambia's governmental health system suffers from shortage of surgical supplies and poor management skills for the sparse resources at hand. The situation has been worsened by the dual epidemics of HIV disease and tuberculosis. On the other hand the private medical sector has benefited greatly from less bureaucracy under the goverment of the Movement for Multi-party Democracy. DISCUS...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC International Health and Human Rights
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1472-698X
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698x-2-1